Associate Consultant / Consultant at Red Nucleus is responsible for leading project workstreams and supporting the delivery of strategic consulting engagements for pharmaceutical clients. Working as part of a collaborative team, this individual will conduct research, analyze complex data, develop strategic insights, and build evidence-based recommendations that help clients navigate pricing, reimbursement, market access and commercialization challenges across global markets.
Responsibilities:
Strategic Analysis & Insight Generation
- Conduct primary and secondary research across pricing, reimbursement, market access, healthcare policy
- Analyze qualitative and quantitative data to identify key findings, strategic insights, risks, and opportunities.
- Develop strategic recommendations supported by evidence, stakeholder input, and market analysis.
Skills & Abilities:
- Strong analytical and critical thinking skills
- Ability to structure and solve complex business problems
- Experience synthesizing information from multiple data sources into clear recommendations.
- Excellent PowerPoint storytelling and presentation development capabilities.
- Strong project management and organizational skills.
- Ability to manage multiple priorities and competing deadlines.
- Proficiency with Microsoft PowerPoint, Excel, Word, and Teams.
- Ability to work in a global environment with an understanding of cultural differences and work practices
Education and experience:
- Bachelor’s degree in Life Sciences or Business. Advanced degree (MBA, MPH, PharmD, PhD) valued, but not required
- Approximately 2-4 years of experience in consulting, market access, healthcare strategy, life sciences, pharmaceutical industry, or a related field.
Preferred Qualifications
Experience in one or more of the following areas:
- Pricing and market access strategy
- Global market access
- Health technology assessment (HTA)
- Reimbursement & payer research
- Launch strategy
- Portfolio strategy
- Commercial strategy
- Healthcare policy
- Qualitative market research
- Pharmaceutical commercialization
Diversity, equity and inclusion are valued at Red Nucleus and we believe we have a shared responsibility to provide equal opportunity and foster an inclusive spirit. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, color, national origin, religion, caste, sexual orientation, gender, age, marital status, veteran status, or disability status.
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Skills Required
- Bachelor’s degree in Life Sciences, Business, or a related field
- Approximately 2–4 years of experience in consulting, market access, healthcare strategy, life sciences, pharmaceutical industry, or a related field
- Strong analytical and critical-thinking skills
- Ability to structure and solve complex business problems
- Experience synthesizing information from multiple data sources into clear recommendations
- Excellent PowerPoint storytelling and presentation development capabilities
- Strong project management and organizational skills
- Ability to manage multiple priorities and competing deadlines
- Ability to work in a global environment with an understanding of cultural differences and work practices
- Advanced degree such as MBA, MPH, PharmD, or PhD
- Experience in pricing and market access strategy, global market access, HTA, reimbursement and payer research, launch strategy, portfolio strategy, commercial strategy, healthcare policy, qualitative market research, or pharmaceutical commercialization
What We Do
Advancing knowledge to improve lives.™ We are a global strategic partner with decades of experience across the entire life sciences product lifecycle. We excel in providing our clients with unique insights and efficiencies to support them in their journey to improve health outcomes and ultimately the quality of people’s lives. By connecting our full suite of products and services from scientific and advisory services, market access, medical communications and learning and development, we are the “red thread” to lead our life sciences clients through transformational change to accelerate customer success. Visit the new rednucleus.com to learn more
